Software engineer - Senior Software Engineer ION Group Employee Review

1.0
Feb 8, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

The only pro I can think of is that I am confident that I will find another job at another company and that in comparison, it will be so much better than Ion Group!

Cons

I will hit the top 5 or 6 since the list would stretch to infinity and beyond... - no cogent strategy or company purpose - a compendium of acquisitions that have been gutted, where the talented people have left and only the desperate remain ( I will not be one of those who plan to stay - see above) - the company has amassed a mountain of debt and none of the acquisitions are growing. The business model is based on a continuous flow of acquisitions to pay the mounting interest payments. Remember musical chairs as a child. A some point the music will stop, Look Out! - as many others have said, the CEO is morally bankrupt and his merry band of executive minions are the most inept crew imaginable - so many key engineers have left the company that this is a ticking time bomb and there are so many gaps in coverage for production systems - follows a “lean and mean” methodology - which really means a “cut to the bone” mentality

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

I get to work from home and have a grand-fathered in unlimited PTO policy. And that's about it.

Cons

RUN. This is just a horrible company to work for. Either you are living in constant fear of being fired or you are so overworked you feel like you have to work 60 hours a week just to do the bare minimum. The CEO, Andrea, is just gutting everything, doing mass layoffs over and over again. He has no clear visit for the company, goal posts keep changing, and everyone is setup to fail.

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